i believe that my life is as normal as possible with the upbringing i had and the constant emotional abuse i endured through my step father and father. i always got goos grades in school and they actually improved after i started smoking pot from a 3.0 gpa to a 3.5 gpa. that was is high school. i function better if i have a few bowls in me. i strongly believe that marijuana is good for my concentration, if not anyone else's. i find that smoking a bowl actually makes me a better person because it helps me focus on the positives in my life instead of the negatives. i really sould go to a shrink and see if i am manic depressive or what but since my use of marijuana has become more routine i find that i have more good days than bad and that i don't contemplate suicide since my smoken days began. i know a lot of people are going to be quick to jump on this and say that i am using marijuana to "fill a void" or some other bull shit but the truth of the matter is i feel more at ease with myself when i am high than i do any other time. i am more accepting of other people when i am high. i have a more even temper when i am high. normal is a perception. every one's definition of normal is different. i really don't think that pot use or lack there of has anything to do with living a "normal" life. i think more of it has to do with your past and your present and what you want outta the future. i am as normal as i am eer gonna be and i will garuntee you that if you asked 3/4s of the people who know me will tell you i am one of the weirdest people they know................but i am so DAMN loveable!!!!!!!